22                                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                                [ Ch. 2

IV, §1 of the Constitution including the
District Court, are courts of record and
have seals, the provisions are repeated
here because the District Court has
replaced many other tribunals which were
not courts of record.

SEC. 1-602. DISTRICTS.

FOR THE PURPOSES OF OPERATION AND ADMINISTRATION
OF THE DISTRICT COURT, THE STATE IS DIVIDED INTO THE
FOLLOWING DISTRICTS:

(1)  DISTRICT 1 - BALTIMORE CITY.

(2)   DISTRICT 2 - DORCHESTER, WICOMICO, SOMERSET,
AND WORCESTER COUNTIES.

(3)  DISTRICT 3 - CAROLINE, TALBOT, QUEEN ANNE'S,
KENT, AND CECIL COUNTIES.

(4)  DISTRICT 4 - CHARLES, ST. MARY'S, AND CALVERT
COUNTIES.

(5)  DISTRICT   5 - PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.

(6)  DISTRICT   6 - MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

(7)  DISTRICT   7 - ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY.

(8)  DISTRICT   8 - BALTIMORE COUNTY.

(9)  DISTRICT   9 - HARFORD COUNTY.

(10)  DISTRICT 10 - HOWARD AND CARROLL COUNTIES.

(11)   DISTRICT 11 - FREDERICK AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES.

(12)  DISTRICT 12 - ALLEGANY AND GARRETT COUNTIES.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 26, §140. The only changes made are
in style.

SEC. 1-603. CHIEF JUDGE; COMPOSITION OF COURT.
(A) CHIEF JUDGE.

THE COURT IS COMPOSED OF A CHIEF JUDGE AND THE
NUMBER OF ASSOCIATE JUDGES PROVIDED FOR IN SUBSECTION